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Taxon: Denmoza rhodacantha Britton & Rose
Family: Cactaceae

Collector: Joni Ward      

Date: 2006-05-23

Locality: Argentina, Maricopa County: Grown in cultivation at Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, N 33 deg 27' 33'', W 111 deg 56' 35'', 1200 ft., 366 m: accession number 1993 0303 0102; originally received as a plant as part of the Fred Kattermann Chilean collection, originally collected from Argentina, Mendoza.

-33  -69.166667 +-10000m.  WGS84

Description: Flowers collected in the morning and afternoon, flower diameter 13-25 mm, length 61-84 mm (length includes length of filaments and stigma lobes that are exerted through tepals), outer perianth red with a hint of magenta, white fine hair on the edges, inner perianth red with magenta hue, additional flowers collected 17 April 2008; stigma lobe number 9-11, color pale magenta; stem is blue-green-gray; spines dark brown, length 45 mm; rib count 20; fleshy fruit diameter 13 mm, length 13 mm, color reddish-green, not ripe.

Reproductive Condition: flowers

Cultivation Status: Cultivated

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Record Id: a63fcd54-c8dd-472f-907c-3b89023043e6

Occurrence ID (GUID): a63fcd54-c8dd-472f-907c-3b89023043e6

For additional information on this occurrence, please contact: Andrew Salywon (asalywon@dbg.org)

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